A Stash Success Story
When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping.
Men invade another country.
It's a whole different way of thinking.
-Elayne Boosler
And now, for some non-secret Christmas knitting. Remember the Christmas facecloths? Remember how much I love Rachel? Remember my frustration at the never-shrinking stash? Remember my struggles about good gifts for men I don't know all that well? (Well, OK, I didn't blog about that. But you get it, right?)
All my problems are solved: The Manly Facecloth. To be gifted with Manly Soap.
Rachel assures me that rugged cotton in rugged patterns with rugged soap is Very Manly. I believe her. She has great taste.
Again, I'll do a little FO post when all of them are assembled (er, finished). But this used a random skein of Mission Falls 1824 cotton that had been sitting in my stash for at least 4 years after a brief ill-fated swatching episode. That's one line off the spreadsheet . . . and one line off my Christmas list.
Men invade another country.
It's a whole different way of thinking.
-Elayne Boosler
And now, for some non-secret Christmas knitting. Remember the Christmas facecloths? Remember how much I love Rachel? Remember my frustration at the never-shrinking stash? Remember my struggles about good gifts for men I don't know all that well? (Well, OK, I didn't blog about that. But you get it, right?)
All my problems are solved: The Manly Facecloth. To be gifted with Manly Soap.
Rachel assures me that rugged cotton in rugged patterns with rugged soap is Very Manly. I believe her. She has great taste.Again, I'll do a little FO post when all of them are assembled (er, finished). But this used a random skein of Mission Falls 1824 cotton that had been sitting in my stash for at least 4 years after a brief ill-fated swatching episode. That's one line off the spreadsheet . . . and one line off my Christmas list.
posted by Theresa at 9:47 AM/Permalink
9 Comments:
What a fantastic idea!
I'm so jealous that you're using stash for your gifts. I just seem to keep buying yarn for my gifts, but I keep telling myself that it's going right back out. Myself isn't convinced.
I think a manly face cloth is a great idea.
I love the manly facecloth. I am making facecloths for all the girls in my cohort and was at a loss to what to make for the three guys. That stitch is perfect!
Very sneaky of you to set this up so that it's my fault if the facecloths go over like a lead balloon. :P
I think there's not a lot of chance of that happening, though. They look really great, and Mission Falls cotton is a perfect yarn choice!
My manly hubby likes your idea and I see a few of these in my future.
What pattern did you use?
I love that quote! I indulged in chocolate yesterday!
Manly, yes, but I like them too.
Very manly and attractive, too! Wonder if George Cloony has one???
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